The NLR (HR = 4.84, p = 0.007), CRP (HR = 10.06, p = 0.030), and the presence of pathological lymph node metastasis (HR = 4.73, p = 0.030) were correlated with significantly higher risks of death (Table 2). Here, CRP is linked to metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes.